Economy Watch

Agriculture

1 National Stock Exchange to Launch Eight New Agri-Commodity Contracts

2 New Procedure for Claiming Benefits under Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) Scheme

3 India’s Sugar Subsidy Dispute at WTO

4 India Asks for Differential Treatment on Fish Subsidies at WTO

5 India wants EU to Relax Sampling Norms for Fish Exports

6 Centre Permits Import of Feed Grade Maize for Poultry Sector

Government Policy

1 Extension of New Urea Policy-2015 for Existing Gas-based Units

Industry

1 EU drags India to WTO over Import Duties on ICT Products

2 Anti-Dumping Duty Imposed on Import of Solar Cell Component from Four Nations

3 U.S. Trade Representative Again Places India on Watch List

4 Coffee Blockchain Initiative

5 Index of Eight Core Industries

6 NuGen Mobility Summit 2019

Infrastructure

1 National Investment and Infrastructure Fund &‘Roadis’ to Invest in Road Projects in India

2 Changes in E-way Bill System to Check GST Evasion

Socio- Economic Development

1 Women’s Labour Force Participation Report: Oxfam

Important Reports

1 Asian Development Outlook 2019

2 Renewable Energy Now Accounts for a Third of Global Power Capacity: IRENA

3 Progress in SDG Indicators Still Not Up To The Mark: WHO

4 High Penetration of Electric Vehicles By 2030: NITI Aayog

5 UNESCAP Report Urges India to Spend More For SDG 2030

News Bytes

1 Bank of Baroda Becomes Second Largest Bank After SBI

2 ‘Kandhamal Haldi’ gets GI Tag

3 Learning Coin: A Cryptocurrency Token of IMF and World Bank

4 Creation of Additional Posts in NCLAT for Speedy Case Disposal

5 RBI Extends Ombudsman Scheme to Non-deposit taking NBFCs

6 Bamboo Rice Shows Up In Odisha After Four Decades

7 India, Sweden Pact on Solutions for Smart Cities & Clean Technology

8 Pan Nation Electricity Mobile App: ‘Jagruk’

9 India-Bhutan Finalized Mangdecchu Hydro Project’s Power Tariff Protocol

10 India Highest Recipient of Remittances In 2018: World Bank

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